Ordnance.



N.742.,82s. Mmmm) mv. a, 1903.

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H0 MODEL UNlTED STI-ITES- Pntented November .3, 1903.

I' PATENT OFFICE.- v

CX AND BRITISH .\I.\.\"UF.\CTURING COBIPAXY, OF NEW' `A CORPORATION OF NEW' YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 742,825, dated November 3, 1903.

` Application lcd lovember 18, 1902. Serial Xo. 131.797. (No model.)

.To all lwl'imn, it may concern:

I e it known that I, WILLIAM H. BEVANS, a citizen of thoUni'ted Stutes,rcsidingat lridgeport, in the county o'f Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ordnance; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to lo which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to improvements in ordnance; Vand the object is to provide animpro'ved'hand-operated means .for readily and conveniently tiring guns so constructed and x5 arranged that large guus may be fired with .the saine facility s small ones.

'ith the above object in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, particularly 2o pointed out in theciaim's, and clearly iilustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a gn'n with my invention applied thereto. z5 Fig. is a horizont-al section through the Iiring attachment.; Fig. 3, a transverse section on line E. 2 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an elevation ofa modified form of the invention, and Fig. 5 a horizontal section through the same.

Referring now more particularly to said drawings', 6 designates the gun, 7 the lanyard, Revolnbly mounted upon and S the mount. n non-recoilng part of the mount 8 is a hollow drum 9, having a. peripheral groove 10 formed therein to receive the lanyard 7, which lies therein, said l'nyard extending around said drum and having its end secured thereto. "ithin the drum isja clock-spring 1 1, hav- -ing one end secured to the mount and its op- 40 posite end to the drum. Attached to a nonrecoiling part of the mount in close proximity to the drum is a bracket l2, formed with a laterally-extending bearing 13 and a pistolgrip 14. Mounted in said bearing is a shaft 15, to which the upper end-of a' trigger 16 is attached; Also attached at its upper end to said shaft is a crank-arm 17, to the lower end of which a link 1S is pivoted. The opposite drum eccentrically et-thepivotal point of the V latter.

In operation a pull upon the trigger causes the drinn to rotate slightly through the medin in of th elink and connecting-rod and exert a p-nll upon the lunyard, effecting the tiring of the gun. As the gun recoils, the lauyard is unwound from the drum and the latter rotated against the tension of the spring. The outside circumference of the drum is approximately equal to the length of recoil of the fun, so as to prov-ide as small a rotation of the drinn as possible in taking up the lauyard when the gun ret-urns to battery, whereby the trigger is but' slightly moved. This is also provided for by connecting the trigger with the drum, as here l istrated. When the gun returns to batter) the slack in the lanyard is taken up by the drum, which is rotated by the spring in a reverse direction.

In the modification a drum 2O is provided, which is pivotally mounted upon a non-recoiling part of the mount and is grooved peripherally to receive the lanyard which is attached thereto, as hereinbefore described. Said drum is also provided with a clockspring 2l. The pistol-grip, trigger, connecting-rod, crank, and link are not used in this modified construction; but in lieu thereof the drum is formed with a ci-rcular handheld 22, by means of which the drum may be rotated to fire the gun. When the gun recols, the handheld turns in the hand of the operator. t

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a firing. device by means of which a pull may be exerted upon the Ianyard to tire the gun, said device being fixed relatively to the movement of the gun in recoiling and returning to battery, whereby the lanyard will not be jerked out of the hand of the operator by the recoil of the gun, so that large guns may be fired 'with the same facility as small ones, and that I have also provided means to take. up the slack of the 1an- 1 a ing-laiiyard attached toand extending around the periphery of the drum, a spring connected with said drum and arranged to rota-te the same to take up the slack in the lanyard after recoil o f the gun, and means for effecting the l5 movement of said drum to exert a pull upon the lanyard to fire the gun.

2. The combination in a recoilingr gun and mount therefor, of a drum mounted' to rotate upon a nonrecoiling r part of the mount, a tirzo ing-lanyaniattachedtoandextendingaround the periphery of the drum, a spring connected with said drum and arranged to rotate the same to take np the slack in the lanyard after recoil of the gnu, a trigger arr-:urged adjacent 25 to the drum, and an operative connection between the trigger and drum eccentric of the pivotal point of the latter.

3. The combination in a rccoiling gun and mount therefor` with the rngJanyard, of 3o means carried by a non-recoiling:r part of the mount for operatingthe lanyard. to fire tho gnu, arranged'to permit the lanyard to move rearwardly during recoil of the gun, and a spring placed nndcr tension by the rearward' 35 movement of the lanyard adapted to take up the slack in the latter caused by the recoil of the gun.

4. In a recoiling gun and mount therefor, .the combination with the lanyard, of a rota- 4o table member mounted on a non-recoiling part of the mount and to whieh'the lanyard -table member mounted on a non-recoiling part of the mount, and to which the lanyard is attached, a. spring connected to said member and arranged to offer resistance to 'the rearward rotation thereof, a trigger mounted in close proximity to said member, and an operati ve connect ion between said trigger and rotatable member arranged to effect the ro tation ther-:cof in a forward'dircction when the trigger is operated.

7. In a reco'li'ng gun and mount therefor, the combination with the lanyard, of n drum mounted to rotate on a non-recoiling part of the mount and to which the lnnyard is at.- taehed, a spring connected to said drum and arranged toofl'er resistance to the rearward rotation thereof, a .trigger mounted in Close proximityvlo the drum, a connecting-rod pivotally connected to the d rnlueccentric of the pivot of the latter, and a link pivotally con necting the trigger and connecting-rod.

In testimony whereof 1 ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLMM n. aEvANsL lVitnesses:

13. C. LYON, L. E. Bimnsranm'. 

